身に余る
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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身 | 余 |
み Grade: 3 |
あま Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
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身に餘る (kyūjitai) |
Verb edit
身に余る • (mi ni amaru) godan (stem 身に余り (mi ni amari), past 身に余った (mi ni amatta))
- be more than one deserves
- be too much responsibility of too great a job than one can handle